Shepard Smith left Fox News to create a new news program at CNBC.
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Inside Trump's HeadSep 6, 2026
Sources confirm Shepard Smith left Fox News and then joined CNBC to host a new newscast, 'The News with Shepard Smith.' They contradict the implied motive that he left Fox in order to create that program: he left abruptly after tensions over coverage and a run-in with Tucker Carlson, and CNBC hired him afterward.
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… He was not on camera. Oh, okay, not on so it's about the people on the if you're identified as, as a Fox News person, then it is really hard to go back to, uh, um, traditional news. And Roger Ailes may have been proven right, because do you remember the experiment they did with Shepard Smith, who was a Fox anchor and went over to CNBC to create a new news, which, actually, I was quite excited about, because it was seven o'clock, which seemed like a good time for a quick news download, and it was supposed to be straight down the middle, and it didn't last at all. …
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Contradicts. Sources say Smith quit Fox after tensions over coverage and a run-in with Tucker Carlson, not in order to start a new program; CNBC recruited him later.[1][2][3]
Supports. Smith left Fox News abruptly and joined CNBC, where he hosted a new 7 p.m. general news program, 'The News with Shepard Smith.'[4][5][6]
Context. Sources differ on the year he left Fox (2019 vs. 2020), but they agree he left Fox before joining CNBC.[1][7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 5 not rated, 2 tier 2, 1 tier 1
- 1CNBC axes Shepard Smith's nightly newscast after two yearskalb.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2Shepard Smith Vows to Cut News 'Noise' While Leading CNBC Down New Pathvariety.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Shepard Smith Joins CNBC as Anchor of Evening News Program After Fox News Exitpeople.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Shepard Smith joining CNBC as evening news anchorpolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5CNBC axes Shepard Smith's news program amid broader ' ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Shepard Smith - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7CNBC canceling Shep Smith's news show - The Hillthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 8CNBC pulls the plug on 'The News With Shepard Smith' - LA Timeslatimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
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